Sewing Machine

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LOOKING FOR Garden umbrella: Violet of Coopersburg is looking for a canvas garden umbrella with a wooden pole. Lawn mower: Andrew of Danielsville is looking for a gas-powered lawn mower to cut a small yard. Pressure cooker: Patty of Bethlehem is looking for a pressure cooker. Stereo tapecorder : John of Bethlehem is looking for a three-head stereo tapecorder. He prefers the Sony brand, but is willing to look at other brands. Sewing machine: Marion of Allentown is looking for a 1950s-era Singer sewing machine in a cabinet that opens into a flat surface.

Fabric and fashion have always been a driving force in Rose Ackerman's life. From sewing clothing for herself and her family, to launching the well-respected fashion curriculum at Baum School of Art in Allentown, Ackerman has long been on the forefront of fashion. Most recently she initiated classes in knitting at Baum after the craft underwent a national renaissance. Ackerman honed her textile skills watching her Italian mother's fingers flying at the sewing machine at home while growing up in Wilkes-Barre.

As we prepare for the holidays, my wife and I work hard to select good gifts for our children. The Christmas presents we give our younger children are usually toys, however as our children have gotten older we have started to give them increasingly practical gifts. Last year one of our teenage daughters received a sewing machine. It has been fun to watch her develop her sewing talent and take pride in the things she has created. Other gifts we gave last year encouraged us to spend time together.

A business dispute at a New Tripoli home on Tuesday ended up with the homeowner throwing another man's sewing machine in the driveway, police said. Joseph Tetz, 65, of 7531 Bausch Road tossed the sewing machine outside at 2:30 p.m. after the argument with Jack C. Brunner, 75, of Lower Macungie Township, state police at Fogelsville said. Brunner's sewing machine was damaged badly and may have been battered before it was thrown outside, police said. The damage was estimated to be at least $450.

Lydia A. (Tetzlaf) Fal, 85, previously of Allentown passed away Wed. December 23, 2009 in Brookmont Nursing Center in Effort, PA. She was the wife of the late Ignatz Fal. Born in Poland, she was the daughter of the late John and Matilda (Kop) Tetzlaf.She was a sewing machine operator at various sewing factories in Allentown.Lydia was a member of Church of the Mediator in Allentown. Survivors: She is survived by her sisters, Ella and Johanna, both in Poland; nieces and nephews and many close friends.

One of the subjects that came up more than once while I was collecting your grammar pet peeves was the use of nouns as verbs. You see it all the time. Authored, impacted, headquartered, efforted, tasked. It's standard corporate/educational jargon. It's a peeve of mine, too, so I was impacted favorably when someone sent me a weekly newspaper article about stoneware collecting, including the following sentence: "I do have to caveat myself by acknowledging that you cannot evaluate all crocks and jugs in the same way."